Thyrocopa kikaelekea Medeiros

Medeiros, Matthew J., 2009, A revision of the endemic Hawaiian genus Thyrocopa (Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae: Xyloryctinae), Zootaxa 2202, pp. 1-47 : 28

17. Thyrocopa kikaelekea Medeiros

( Figs. 35 , 55 , 83 , 99 )

Thyrocopa kikaelekea Medeiros, 2008:58 .

Holotype: UNITED STATES: HAWAII: Hawaii Island: 9700’ [2984 m], Hamakua District, Mauna Kea Road, above Hale Pohaku: 1 3 (fig. 35) (slide 21907 BMNH), 7 Aug 1976, K. & E. Sattler ( BMNH).

Paratypes: UNITED STATES: HAWAII: Hawaii Island: 9700’ [2984 m], Hamakua District, Mauna Kea Road, above Hale Pohaku: 1 3, 2 Ƥ, 1–14 Aug 1976, K. & E. Sattler ( BMNH); 9800’ [3015 m], Hamakua District, Mauna Kea Road, above Hale Pohaku: 1 3, 1 Ƥ, 2 Aug 1982, K. & E. Sattler ( BMNH); Hale Pohaku, 2825 m: 2 Ƥ, 2 Sep 1977, F.G. Howarth ( BPBM); Mauna Kea Forest Reserve, near Hale Pohaku, approx. 9500’: 1 Ƥ (slide 04A65), 19 July 2004; 5 3 (slides 05A45, 05A50, & 05A45wings), 1 Ƥ, 27 May 2005; 3 3 (slide 06A65), 2 Ƥ (slide 06A62), 27 May 2006, M.J. Medeiros ( BPBM); Mauna Kea State Park, 2075 m: 1 3, 8 Jul 1991, S.L. Montgomery ( BPBM).

Diagnosis: T. kikaelekea is similar to T. apatela superficially and behaviorally, but in the former the wings are less strongly reduced and the male sacculus is much longer and narrower. T. kikaelekea has very similar male genitalia to T. epicapna , but T. kikaelekea is brachypterous whereas T. epicapna is macropterous ( Medeiros 2008).

Description: See Medeiros (2008) for description; male and female genitalia are illustrated in Figs. 83 and 93 , respectively.

Food plants: Unknown.

Flight period: At least May–September.

Distribution: Hawaii Island.

Additional Material Examined: UNITED STATES: HAWAII: Hawaii Island: ca. 1.6 miles down from weather station, on S side of road, in patch of vegetation, ca. 10,800': 1 3 (found dead; genitalia broken; specimen severely rubbed) (slide 05A55), 29 May 2005, M.J. Medeiros ( BPBM); Mauna Loa Forest Reserve, near Big Red cave, 7600’: 1 3 (abdomen missing), 23 Jan 2000, J.G. Giffin ( BPBM); Pohakuloa 8500’ [2591 m]: 1 3 (slide MJM41), 18 Jan 1975, S.L. Montgomery ( BPBM).

Remarks: See Medeiros (2008) for additional information regarding this flightless, jumping species.

Figures

FIGURES 31 – 45. Adults of Thyrocopa. 31. T. indecora, Hawaii Island, forewing = 12 mm; 32. T. kanaloa (holotype), Kahoolawe, forewing = 7 mm; 33. T. kea, Kauai, forewing = 15 mm; 34. T. kea, Kauai, forewing = 20 mm; 35. T. kikaelekea, Hawaii Island, forewing = 10 mm; 36. T. kokeensis (holotype), Kauai, forewing = 8 mm; 37. T. leonina (holotype), Lanai, forewing = 9 mm; 38. T. megas, Maui, forewing = 18 mm; 39. T. minor, Molokai, forewing = 9 mm; 40. T. neckerensis (holotype), Necker, forewing = 7 mm; 41. T. nihoa, Nihoa, forewing = 7 mm; 42. T. peleana (holotype), Oahu, forewing = 18 mm; 43. T. sapindiella (holotype), Oahu, forewing = 10 mm; 44. T. seminatella, Kauai, forewing = 11 mm; 45. T. spilobathra, Oahu, forewing = 8 mm.

FIGURES 46 – 59. Adults of Thyrocopa. 46. T. subahenea, Molokai, forewing = 11 mm; 47. T. usitata, Oahu, forewing = 10 mm; 48. T. vagans, Kauai, forewing = 8 mm; 49. T. viduella (holotype), Kauai, forewing = 17 mm; 50. T. sp. A, Kauai, forewing = 12 mm; 51. T. sp. B, Kauai, forewing = 13 mm; 52. T. sp. C, Kauai, forewing = 12 mm; 53. T. sp. D, Molokai, forewing = 10 mm; 54. T. sp. E, Molokai, forewing = 14 mm; 55. T. kikaelekea, Hawaii Island, male, wings (slide 05 A 45 wings, BPBM); 56. T. kea, Kauai, female, head; 57. T. kea, Kauai, male, aedeagus (slide LA 59 UHIM); 58. T. abusa, Maui, detail showing antennal flagellomere with cilia only on ventral side; 59. T. alterna, Hawaii Island, detail showing antennal flagellomere with cilia surrounding.

FIGURES 75 – 89. Male genitalia of Thyrocopa; for all figures, lower left box shows detail of uncus, lower right box shows detail of sacculus. 75. T. elikapekae, Kauai, male genitalia (slide LA 60 UHIM); 76. T. epicapna, Maui, male genitalia (slide LA 81 BPBM); 77. T. geminipuncta, Molokai, male genitalia (slide 07 A 44 BPBM); 78. T. gigas, Molokai, male genitalia (slide LA 33 UHIM); 79. T. indecora, Maui, male genitalia (slide 06 B 14 BPBM); 80. T. indecora, Oahu, male genitalia (slide LA 18 BPBM); 81. T. kanaloa, Kahoolawe, male genitalia (08 A 54 BPBM); 82. T. kea, Kauai, male genitalia (slide LA 59 UHIM); 83. T. kikaelekea, Hawaii Island, male genitalia (slide 05 A 45 BPBM); 84. T. kokeensis, Kauai, male genitalia (slide 21909 BMNH); 85. T. megas, Maui, male genitalia (slide LA 73 UHIM); 86. T. neckerensis, Necker, male genitalia (slide LA 10 BPBM); 87. T. nihoa, Nihoa, male genitalia (slide LA 13 BPBM); 88. T. peleana, Oahu, male genitalia (slide # 151 BPBM); 89. T. seminatella, Kauai, male genitalia (slide 07 A 90 BPBM).

FIGURES 90 – 104. Male and female genitalia of Thyrocopa; for figures of male genitalia, lower left box shows detail of uncus, lower right box shows detail of sacculus. 90. T. subahenea, Molokai, male genitalia (slide 07 A 51 BPBM); 91. T. usitata, Oahu, male genitalia (slide 31570 BMNH); 92. T. vagans, Kauai, male genitalia (slide LA 51 UHIM); 93. T. sp. A, Kauai, male genitalia (slide 31577 BMNH); 94. T. sp. B, Kauai, male genitalia (slide 31578 BMNH); 95. T. sp. C, Kauai, male genitalia (slide MJM 44 BPBM); 96. T. sp. D, Molokai, male genitalia (slide 07 A 37 BPBM); 97. T. sp. E, Molokai, male genitalia (slide 07 A 50 BPBM); 98. T. peleana, Oahu, female genitalia (slide Z- 70 - 12 BPBM); 99. T. kikaelekea, Hawaii Island, female, detail showing bursa with long signum (slide 06 A 62 BPBM); 100. T. abusa, Maui, female, detail showing bursa with short signum (slide 06 A 25 BPBM); 101. T. abusa, Maui, female genitalia, detail showing segments VIII – X (slide 06 A 25); 102. T. gigas, Molokai, female genitalia (slide 07 A 36 BPBM); 103. T. megas, Maui, female genitalia (slide 06 B 25 BPBM); 104. T. seminatella, Kauai, female genitalia (slide 31585 BMNH).